Coin-controlled apparatus.



No. 635,867. Patented Oct. 3|, I899.

J. PAUPA & G. HOCHBIEM.

COIN CONTROLLED APPARATUS.

(Application filed July 31. 1899.)

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Patented Oct. 3|, I899.

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com CONTROLLED APPARATUS.

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4 es a4 I A A I WJ AV AW 21 UNITED STATES PATENT Enron.

JOSEPH PAUPA AND GUSTAV HOCHRIEM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN-CONTROLLED APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,867, dated October1899- Applioation filed July 31,1899- Serial No. 725,624. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH PAUPA, a citizen of the United States, andGUSTAV HO OH RIEM, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, both residentsof Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Coin- Controlled Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to coin-controlled apparatus and our presentapplication has particular reference to the mechanism for releasing thedelivery or vending mechanism through the insertion of a coin.

The main object ofour invention is to prevent tampering'with the devicewhereby more than the prescribed number of articles could be obtainedtherefrom through the use of a single coin. This has been done in someother devices in various ways, such as by putting glue on the coin, byastring attached to same, by tipping the machine, bya quick return of thelever or delivery-slide, or by holding the slide out after one deliveryand plugging the machine with a second coin. Our device is designed toprovide a safeguard against any such tampering.

The minor objects of the different parts with which we put our inventioninto practice will be understood from the following description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is asectional elevation of a vending-machine constructed according to ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line A A of Fig. 1,partly broken away so as to show but a single set of the operatingmechanism. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line B B of Fig. 1. Fig.4 is the same view of part of the operating mechanism shown in Fig. 1,showing a coin inserted and showing the position of the parts when thedeliveryslide is partly pulled out. Fig. 5 is the same view with thedelivery-slide pulled out still farther in a position to operate thethrow-out for ejecting the coin. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of theguide for retaining the coin in operative position, the other partsbeing omitted. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of thefree end of the lowerjaw and the tilting member thereon for supporting and ejecting the coin.1

The box or casing 1 has secured therein a standard 2. A lower jaw orlever 3 is pivoted to said standard at 4. The upper jaw or lever 5 has asleeve 6 thereon, through which the pivot 4 extends, the upper jaw 5therefore having a pivotal movement independent of the lower jaw 3 whena coin is not inserted.

The lower jaw has pivoted thereto a member 7, having a groove 8 thereinfor supporting a coin. The member 7 is pivoted to the jaw 3 at 9 and hasa lug 10 for holding same in the proper position for receiving the coin.

Another lug 11 is provided thereon for stopping the member 7 in theposition shown in Fig. 5 when the coin is discharged.

The upper jaw has rigidly secured thereto a member 12, forming a guidefor the sides of the coin. Said member 12 is provided with rigid pins 13and 14 and a rear slot 15 toward its lower end. The pin 13 depresses thecoin upon the member 7 when the jaw 5 is moved downwardly. The pin 14 isdesigned for raising the member 7, so as to throw out the coin afterboth jaws 5 and 3 have been depressed through the action of the coin.

The jaw 5 has a spring 16 secured thereto at 17 at its upper end andsecured to the frame at its lower end. Said spring normally raises thejaw at its coin-engaging end. A depending projection 18 is provided onsaid jaw 5, arranged to cam with the pin 19, which is rigid on themember 20.

The delivery-slide 21 has a member rigidly secured thereto and isarranged to slide on the frame between the guides 22. Said slide has ashoulder 23, suitable for engaging pictures or cards 24 or similararticles to be delivered from the device. The frame 25 is designed forholding said articlesone upon the other. A weight 26 is provided fordepressing said articles upon the slide.

A gate 27 is pivoted to the frame at 28 and normally closed through theaction of the spring 29, which is secured to said gate and to the member30 of the frame. A knob or handle 31 is secured to the slide 21 and projects out of the casing through the dischargeopening 32. The member 20has teeth 33 for engaging the end 34 of the jaw or lever 3.

A spring 35 is secured to said end 34 at 36 and secured to the frame at37. This normally raises the coin-engaging end of said jaw and alsonormally holds the end 34 in engagement with one of the teeth.

\Valls 38 are secured to the frame at the sides of the levers forpreventinga coin from being accidentally thrown beyond same from thecoin-chute 30. A spring 21 is secured under the slide 21 to the frame at22'. Said spring normally holds the slide inward.

The coin-chute 30 leads from the hopper toward the coin-engaging ends ofthe jaws 3 and 5. Said coin-chute is open on one side, having rims 41and 42 for engaging the sides of a coin of a certain size and soarranged to cause a smaller coin to drop out at the side of the chutebefore same reaches the cross-piece 43. To assist in thus throwing asmall coin out of the side of the chute,the chute is slightly tiltedtoward its open side, as shown in Fig. 3. A trough 44 leads from thecoin-slot 45 in the outside of the casing to the hopper 40. The member46 is pivoted to the frame at 47 and rests normally in the positionshown in Fig. 1. A wall 48 is secured to said member 47, being raisedslightly from the bottom of said member, so as to permit a coin to dropbelow said wall and toward the glass 49 in the casing. 50 represents areceptacle for finally receiving the coins. A wall 52 extends down fromthe hopper to prevent a view of the operating mechanism throughthe'glass 49.

The operation of our device is as follows: A coin being inserted in theslot 45 will be carried through the trough 44 to the hopper 40 andthence down the chute 41 upon the member 7 within the guide 12. The coinwill now rest upon the member 7, directly under the pin 13. The operatorwill then pull out the slide 21 through the handle 31, when the pin 19,acting against the cam projection 18, will raise that end of the jaw orlever 5, cansing the other end to press the coin down upon the member 7,thus lowering that end of the jaw 3 and raising its end 34 free from theteeth lhis will permit the slide to be pulled to its outer limit, theshoulder 23 en-- gaging one of the cards 24 and carrying same out fromthe gate 27 and opening 32. The gate 27 will at once close as soon asthe card has passed beyond same, and thus prevent the return of the cardin case same should not be removed from the slide. As soon as the slidehas been drawn out so as to bring the pin 19 beyond the lowest part ofthe projection 18 the jaw 5 through the action of the spring 16 will beraised, so as to tilt the member 7 upwardly, and thus discharge thecoin, as shown in Fig. 5. The coin will drop into the member 46, wheresame can be seen through the glass 49. The person in charge of theapparatus may from time to time when desired insert a key through theopening 51 in the casing and turn the pivot 47, so as to cause the coinsto slide from the member 46 into the receptacle 50. When the slide 21 isreturned, the springs 16 and 35 will again return the levers to theposition shown in Fig.

1, with the end 34 in position to engage one of the teeth 33.

It will be seen that when no coin is inserted upon the member 7 the jaw5 is free to move downwardly without depressing the jaw 3. The end 34 isslightly removed from the teeth 33, so that the slide 21 may be drawnout slightly until one of said teeth engages with the end 34. In sodrawing out the slide the pin 19, acting on the projection 18, willdepress the coin-engaging end of the jaw 5. In the absence of a coin,however, one of the teeth 33 will now have contact with the end 34 andprevent the farther drawing out of said slide.

In case an operator should hold the slide out part way after havingoperated the Vending mechanism through the insertion of one coin andshould then insert another coin while the member 7 was still tilted thesecond coin, if the same should pass the member 7, would drop throughthe slot 15. The slot 15 prevents the plugging of the machine by thelodging of a coin in the sleeve 12.

In case a coin of smaller size than that for which the device isintended should be used the same will be thrown out at the side of themember 39, as before described.

It will be seen that the levers are held in locked position throughtheir springs regardless of the position to which the casing may betipped. It is therefore impossible to operate the device without theinsertion of some member which will depress the lower jaw throughcontact with the upper jaw.

The various details of our device may be altered in numerous wayswithout departing from the spirit of our invention. We therefore do notconfine ourselves to such details, except as hereinafter limited in theclaims.

WVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a frame,- a pairof lever-jaws pivoted thereon; a coin-pocket between said jaws; vendingmechanism, locked by one of said jaws, and having a limited movement,adapted to urge the other jaw toward the locking-jaw, whereby, when acoin is inter posed between said jaws,- the locking-jaw is moved withsaid other jaw, and out of engagement with the vending mechanism and athrow-out adapted to eject the coin from said jaws, through the releaseof said vending mechanism from said locking-jaw.

2. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a frame; a pair oflever-jaws pivoted thereon one above the other; a tilting member pivotedon the lower jaw and adapted to support a coin; vending mechanism,locked by said lower jaw, and having a limited movement adapted to urgethe upper jaw downwardly,'whereby, when a coin is interposed betweensaid jaws the lower jaw is depressed with said upper jaw and out ofengagement with the vending mechanism.

3. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the com-- bination of a frame; thevending -slide 21 seated therein and carrying the rigid member 20 havinga locking-tooth thereon; the jaw 3 pivoted to said frame having thecoin-supporting member 7 pivoted at one end, and adapted to engage saidtooth at the other end; the jaw 5 having at one end a projection fordepressing a coin upon the member 7, and adapted at its other end to camagainst the member 20, and thereby cause said depression, and springsfor normally raising the coin-engaging ends of said jaws and depressingthe other ends into engagement with the member 20; substantially asdescribed.

4:. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of vendingmechanism; a lockinglever normally engaging same; the member 7 pivotedthereto; and a releasing-lever having a projection above said memberadapted to depress a coin upon same, and having a projection below saidmember adapted to tilt same for ejecting the coin, substantially asdescribed. I

Signed by us at Chicago, Illinois this 28th day of July, 1899.

JOSEPH PAUPA. GUSTAV HOCHRIEM. Witnesses:

WM. R. RUMMLER, GLEN O. STEPHENSr

